The frigid golden age : climate change, the Little Ice Age, and the Dutch Republic, 1560-1720 / Dagomar Degroot (Georgetown University, Washington DC).
Series: Studies in environment and historyPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018Description: xxii, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781108419314
- 1108419313
- 9781108410410
- 1108410413
- 304.2/5094920903 23
- QC903.2.N4 D44 2018
- ASLI Choice Award
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-354) and index.
Introduction : crisis and opportunity in a changing climate -- The Little Ice Age -- Reaching Asia in a stormy, chilly climate -- Sailing, floating, riding, and skating through a cooler Europe -- Cooling, warming, and the wars of independence, 1564-1648 -- Gales, winds, and Anglo-Dutch antagonism, 1652-1688 -- Tracing and painting the Little Ice Age -- Texts, technologies, and climate change -- Conclusion : lessons from ice and gold.
Explores the resilience of the Dutch Republic in the face of preindustrial climate change during the Little Ice Age.
ASLI Choice Award